Leopard of Honour
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The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking.
[edit] Winners
Some notable recipients include:
- Jacques Rivette
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Samuel Fuller
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Daniel Schmid
- Ken Loach
- Ermanno Olmi
- Terry Gilliam
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Alexander Sokurov
- Wim Wenders.